A figure sits at a table with art and paintings on the wall behind him; his attitude is one of rapture.

The Aesthete

Artist Joseph Leboit (American, born 1907)

Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project , NYC Studio (1935 - 1943)

Date1936-1943

Place of originNew York, New York

MediumLithograph

Dimensionssheet: 11 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. (28.9 x 40.3 cm)
image: 9 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (23.2 x 29.2 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineCourtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects, with gratitude to Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.

Object numberL2012.54.36

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Visual DescriptionA figure sits at a table with art and paintings on the wall behind him; his attitude is one of rapture.

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